01-15-2026, 11:29 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-15-2026, 11:30 AM by HawkingsHalfpint.)
The Guardian - although not 100% my cup of tea - is critically important for its real independence - it is not oligarch owned and never will be. One of the last of the true, free, mainstream press. Notwithstanding its bias.
The Independent is OK but becoming considerably less eponymous in the last decade or so. But I’m with you in that this and the FT are probably the most reliable. But I find myself putting the latter down more quickly, because there is only so much reading about bond-yields and M&As that you can stomach before nodding off.
In the house I used to live, the previous owner (who shacked up with someone else and left his Mrs in the lurch, hence us getting it so cheaply) forgot to cancel his Time subscription. But this was 20 years ago, when it was worth a read. I wouldn’t wipe my backside with it now.
The Independent is OK but becoming considerably less eponymous in the last decade or so. But I’m with you in that this and the FT are probably the most reliable. But I find myself putting the latter down more quickly, because there is only so much reading about bond-yields and M&As that you can stomach before nodding off.
In the house I used to live, the previous owner (who shacked up with someone else and left his Mrs in the lurch, hence us getting it so cheaply) forgot to cancel his Time subscription. But this was 20 years ago, when it was worth a read. I wouldn’t wipe my backside with it now.